Thanks to White Noise and Simon Peach on Twitter.

Interesting viewing. Talks about how the grass is always greener, which is undoubtedly true. Jol does look a bit defensive here (as is natural I suppose) but is a fairly eloquent speaker and gives decent answers to the questions put to him.

Been a while since we've last taken a look at soccer stadium construction around Major League Soccer. It makes sense to start in Houston where the league announced that the new 22,000 seat stadium will host its first Dynamo match on May 12, 2012. The project is quickly progressing in downtown Houston and is being touted as the first MLS stadium to open in a city's downtown district.

Moc Moc! Our amics at Barcelona sent over these exclusive images of their newly-revamped La Masia academy bringing together all eleven of their players in Guardiola's XI, who were successfully graduates of the renowned youth academy. And we're sure many of you Culés are brimming with pride as you look at this right now!

When Andre Villas-Boas took the Chelsea job and gave on his first interviews he was asked about certain players here (Torres) and getting the best out of them. What he said was important at the time and three months later we are beginning to see him develop exactly what he has promised.
What he said when he took over was:

"We faced this question last year at Porto with a striker of the quality of Falcao.

Every so often we take a global look at the development of soccer specific stadiums in MLS. Today, we will focus the entire post on the structure rising in downtown Houston. According to an official press release from the Dynamo, the team has sold out 20 sections for 2012 through season ticket sales.

Staggering data from a report in the Daily Mail today (never one to forego a scaremongering story). They have mapped the current economic mess onto previous crashes to show how long it took to recover each time.
As you can see this current crash is on course to be the longest in history...

It's been a while since our last look at stadium construction around MLS. We'll start in Houston, where the Dynamo's efforts to build in downtown Houston has progressed far enough to warrant a webcam. The Dynamo are expected to contribute $60 million to the project. The proposed stadium will be shared with Texas Southern Football and other local events.

Sometimes I find myself walking home from work around the time the local elementary school dismisses its charges for the day. When this happens my daily journey becomes a little more interesting and a little more complicated, because children don't walk the way adults do. Children will run past you, then stop and squat to look at a slug on the sidewalk, then run past you.

We've been reporting on the fits and starts of Houston's effort to build a stadium in downtown Houston. After the groundbreaking scheduled for the end of January, it appears that the team is finally ready to move forward. The final votes have been cast and the initial groundbreaking is scheduled for Saturday.

We are on the road today, but we thought it worth making a quick mention of ongoing developments in Houston to construct a stadium for the Dynamo. The Houston Business Journal is reporting that the team will break ground on the project on January 29. The Dynamo are expected to contribute $60 million to the project.